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Michael Valgren
How this estimate is made. EF Education-EasyPost's riders' wage pool is about €12.6M (budget €30M × 42%, the rider-wage share rising with budget). After fixed reported salaries, the rest is split by a value score — 0.6 × 2026 PCS points + 0.4 × career points per season, raised to the power 1.15 — with an age factor of 0.9 at age 34. Half of the estimate comes from the same allocation run league-wide, so leaders of small teams aren't over-priced. Floor for this rider: €151k. Typical error on a single rider is ±40%, which is the range shown above. Full method.
Career by season
Turned pro in 2014. PCS points, race days and results per season from ProCyclingStats. Prize money is what the rider generated at WorldTour and ProSeries races (PCS per-race prize lists, 2022 onwards) — pooled with the team, not kept. Generated since 2022: €34k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | EF Education-EasyPost | WorldTour | 349 | 62 | 2 | 2 | €20k |
| 2025 | EF Education - EasyPost | WorldTour | 119 | 64 | — | — | €800 |
| 2024 | EF Education - EasyPost | WorldTour | 238 | 70 | — | 1 | €11k |
| 2023 | EF Education-NIPPO Development Team | Continental | 66 | 38 | — | — | €650 |
| 2022 | EF Education - EasyPost | WorldTour | 142 | 37 | — | 1 | €1,390 |
| 2021 | EF Education - Nippo | WorldTour | 546 | 52 | 2 | 3 | n/a |
| 2020 | NTT Pro Cycling | WorldTour | 203 | 70 | — | — | n/a |
| 2019 | Team Dimension Data | WorldTour | 514 | 83 | — | — | n/a |
| 2018 | Astana Pro Team | WorldTour | 1103 | 72 | 2 | 3 | n/a |
| 2017 | Astana Pro Team | WorldTour | 513 | 78 | — | 3 | n/a |
| 2016 | Tinkoff | WorldTour | 504 | 74 | 2 | 5 | n/a |
| 2015 | Tinkoff - Saxo | WorldTour | 127 | 84 | — | — | n/a |
| 2014 | Tinkoff - Saxo | WorldTour | 463 | 80 | 2 | 6 | n/a |
| 2013 | Team Cult Energy | Continental | 0 | 11 | — | — | n/a |
| 2012 | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ | Continental | 12 | 9 | — | — | n/a |
| 2011 | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ Rådgivning | Continental | 0 | 3 | — | — | n/a |
| 2010 | Glud & Marstrand Hobro Horsens | club / junior | 4 | 1 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Valgren in context
EF Education-EasyPost — top earners Team →
- 1Richard Carapaz€2.3M Reported
- 2Alex Baudin€1.2M Model
- 3Ben Healy€1M Model
- 4Michael Valgren€670k Model
- 5Neilson Powless€606k Model
Corso Sports Marketing Agency →
- Tobias Lund AndresenDecathlon CMA CGM1185 pts
- Mads PedersenLidl-Trek1121 pts
- Matthew RiccitelloDecathlon CMA CGM864 pts
20 WorldTour clients · 4.1% of all points · Belgium
Same salary band
- Guillermo Thomas SilvaXDS Astana · 872 pts€725k
- Igor ArrietaUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 561 pts€721k
- Guillaume MartinGroupama-FDJ United · 283 pts€683k
- Ben TurnerNetcompany INEOS · 303 pts€669k
- Tobias FossNetcompany INEOS · 288 pts€668k
- Max KanterXDS Astana · 755 pts€667k
Snapshot 13 September 2026. Salary is a gross base-salary figure for the 2026 season in euros; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors.